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Dauntless’ big Awakening revamp arrives December 5...

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2024/11/29

It’s been teased, detailed, talked about, and planned for summer while wholly missing that mark. It’s the Awakening update for the multiplayer critter hunting RPG Dauntless, and it finally has tied down an official release date of Thursday, December 5th, along with a confirmed arrival to Steam on that same date. “Marking its debut on […]

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The Stream Team: Manning a multiplayer spaceship in...

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2024/11/29

Void Crew, the multiplayer sci-fi game where players man different positions of a spaceship – think Guns of Icarus in space – has officially left early access, which means that MOP’s Chris and his best friend Britarnya are on the case to see what this 1.0 version is like! Join them today at 2:00 p.m. […]

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No Man’s Sky is running a relaxed ‘redux’ expedition...

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2024/11/29

Feeling a bit stressed and frazzled about the upcoming craziness of December as you fall further behind on gaming projects for the year? No Man’s Sky totally sympathizes, which is why Hello Games is running a special “redux” version of 2024’s five new expeditions over the holiday season to help players catch up. “We know […]

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Not So Massively: The dizzying complexity of...

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2024/11/29

With Stormgate struggling off the bat and Immortal: Gates of Pyre turning to the blockchain dark side, ZeroSpace is looking like the last, best hope for a StarCraft II spiritual successor, and after much anticipation, I finally got to try it during its recent open beta weekend. It proved to be a game with a […]

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Palworld teases its biggest island update ever in...

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2024/11/29

We do not know right now what Palworld’s big December update is going to look like, but the very limited preview that the developers have offered is promising an island six times bigger than Sakurajima, which means it lorge. Judging by the scenery showed off in the header image, you could be forgiven for assuming […]

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WoW Factor: A World of Warcraft housing wishlist

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2024/11/29

To the surprise of basically no one who is at least passingly familiar with me over the past several years, I am indeed still on my World of Warcraft housing kick. This despite the fact that we all know full well that it’s going to not be until the next expansion that we’ll get it, […]

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Elite Dangerous details its new Cobra Mk V ship and...

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2024/11/29

Last month, Frontier Developments decided to drop a surprise in the laps of Elite: Dangerous players by finally announcing the all-new space colonization system that will let players establish and maintain new colonies outside of established civilized space (aka the bubble). This month brought the team back for another studio-wide livestream to talk about this […]

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Intrepid Studios says Ashes of Creation’s current...

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2024/11/29

Ashes of Creation has once more provided some gameplay footage from within Alpha Two, only this time the footage is about a side of PvE and discussion about what Intrepid Studios is doing overall to improve the PvX sandbox as testing pushes forth. The devs are still in what is called a “test and react” […]

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PSA: Warframe’s Digital Extremes made its 2008...

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2024/11/29

Most of the time people associate Digital Extremes with the action multiplayer looter shooter Warframe, but it also created a third-person action shooter called Dark Sector that ended up laying some of the groundwork for its big MMO. And now the developer/publisher is making that game free for a very limited time. “Published by Digital […]

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World of Warships sails to the North Pole with this...

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2024/11/29

How do you transform the drab steel gray of a battleship into something festive enough to gain the approval of Fleet Admiral Santa Claus? By decking the, er, deck with lights and sticking a Christmas tree in every cannon! Perhaps World of Warships isn’t going that nuts with its holiday overlay this year, but the […]

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The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best depiction of...

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2024/11/29

I realize that pirates are out of fashion nowadays, but I still really like the motif. I mean, not real pirates; they’re scary and revolting. I mean fun fantasy pirates! Swashbucklers and cool costumes and ridiculous catchphrases! It’s one of my favorite things to roleplay, especially if I can make it work as a scoundrel […]

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The Stream Team: Knocking the stuffing out of Party...

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2024/11/29

What says Thanksgiving more than turkey and stuffing? How about knocking the stuffing out of some turkeys? After all, that does describe some family holiday feasts! But since Massively OP’s MJ has tame Turkey Day dinners in comparison, she has to head into Party Animals to participate in some rowdy reveling. Tune in live at […]

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Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MOP stories of 2024

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2024/11/28

As you’re reading this, it’s Thanksgiving night, and the end-of-the-year insanity is about to begin. You’re going to be treated to a whole ton of awards and fauxwards about the big MMO news that happened throughout the year. But buried in the mix are thousands of other articles that didn’t quite break through, even though […]

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Once Human cooks up a Thanksgiving mobile closed beta...

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2024/11/28

Just in time for Thanksgiving is a delicious addition to Once Human, as the horror shooter commenced the closed beta test for the game’s mobile version on November 28th. The studio noted that this is a “technical test” for both Android and iOS devices and will not share data with the PC version — at least […]

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Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Wild Area was a...

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2024/11/28

Advertising Pokemon Go’s Wild Area last weekend as being on the same level as Go Fest or the Go Tours was another major misstep for Ninatic – unless you were one of those who attended the local event in Japan, which probably isn’t many people reading today. POGO players who noted my mid-event changes to our […]

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Vague Patch Notes: MMORPGs are more popular than you...

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2024/11/28

Last week, I ended the Vague Patch Notes column with something of a tease suggesting that maybe, just maybe, MMORPGs are not an unpopular genre or a genre that doesn’t sell, but that they are in fact popular. This is, perhaps, a controversial statement. I have been hearing that MMORPGs are unpopular since 2003, which […]

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Trove’s Friendsgiving heaps new offerings for this...

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2024/11/28

With the rise of Friendsgiving gatherings over the recent years, it’s no surprise that community-oriented Trove has adopted this concept for its own virtual feast. Friendsgiving 2024 is live in the quirky MMO across PC and console — and this year, there are a few new surprises for fans to enjoy. “Friendsgiving brings Trovians a […]

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Lord of the Rings Online dev defends the ‘meandering’...

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2024/11/28

Over the years as a Lord of the Rings Online fan and columnist, I’ve noticed that whenever the discussion of the game’s zones comes around to the Shire, it proves to be incredibly divisive. It seems that either you really, really like the Shire or you think it’s a headache of a region to be […]

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The Daily Grind: What are the best MMORPG-adjacent...

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2024/11/28

When Bree first floated this Daily Grind idea to me, I did not want to make it MMORPG-adjacent because I wanted to hear about otherwise irrelevant deals. Screw video games; I want to find out that I can get 100 slices of salami for $10 at Ralph’s. Do I want 100 slices of salami? Do […]

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The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming takes in some...

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2024/11/28

It’s time for a sci-fi action bonanza tonight on Backseat Streaming! MOP’s MJ and Chris are pulling into the OPTV Drive-In to watch some high octane and high-level gunplay from Helldivers 2. If you like watching bugs and bots blow up, then join in and watch alongside them tonight at 8:00 p.m. EST! What: Backseat […]

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